Insanewelshangel: Hey my gorgeous readers! Look at you sexy lot…heh, ok I'll shut up now.

Note: I am going to apologise now for the song. If I have caused any mental scarring about your childhood I am sorry, it is all in good fun so please, don't get offended. XD;;;

Disclaimer: All characters and recognisable names in the song 'The bastardisation of cartoon' are to be taken lightly! None belong to me, and neither does Sailor Moon orThe Little Mermaid, that belongs to Hans Christian Andersen (then it was raped by Disney XD).

Normal in song…Kai singing

Italic in song…Tala singing


"Where is Eddy anyway?"

"Tch, speaking to the producers so we can go a bit early cause we gotta get to the studio, record some of that song and then go to a photo shoot" Max yawned, tired after being on stage.

"Joy" They were exhausted enough as it was.

The door opened and a brown haired man with bright green eyes looked at them, standing in his smart suit "Right guys I bought us some time. We have fewer callers asking questions, they've gotten rid of some of their own questions as well, and they're going to run an extra commercial for the show. Meaning we can get out of here sooner"

The manager Edisu Kagehisa noticed that his band wasn't really listening, all drifting in a land between the awake and sleeping. He sighed, slapping his forehead. The band's producer came in, a man with light blonde and violet eyes, and smiled softly "Let them be for a while"

"Aye"

"Ok times up, get up guys time to go on!"

To say their producer was more of a loveable bastard than anything would be mean, but true. They groaned, throwing pillows and waving their hands at them. Only getting up when their producer, Momiji Hioki, started singing loudly and off tune. They covered their ears, running out of the room leaving him to puff out his cheeks and cross his arms insulted.

"Well, ain't that nice eh Ed? Ed? Where did you-?" He looked out of the room and saw the brunette running along with everyone else "HEY!"

"Thank god, any injuries, everyone ok?" The redhead asked, mockingly checking over the others.

"No time to see if you're deaf, you have to go on air and answer some questions"

Tala, Bryan, Tyson and Kai groaned and went to the side of the stage ready, Max blinked confusedly "But if we can't hear them-"

"So give it up for Ineluctable Lies, Kai Hiwatari, Tala Ivanov, Tyson Granger, Bryan Kuznetsov and Max Tate!" A loud female's voice cried above a storm of cheers and clapping.

"No time for that!" Edisu yelled, waving his hands in the air. He walked back to where he could watch through the recording camera, the fuzzy blue screens at the back. As manager, he was constantly worrying about how the band was presented to the public, and rightly so most times, they were always doing little stunts to scare him into next year...

"Time's almost up. One more thing before you go" The female presenter, Catherine, smiled a while later "A song!"

"Okay, anyone got a guitar?" Tala yelled, looking around to find one on a stand near by "That'll do" Kai talked to the others quickly, smirking and informed Tala of what kind of notes to play before turning back, raising his mic.

"Lucky this is a late night show" He smirked "This is one we made up for fun when on the tour bus, it's called The Bastardisation of Cartoon, ready?"

Everyone cheered and fell silent as Tala strummed the first notes, a catchy beat with an odd tune every four repeats. Tyson came in not long after with his drumsticks –he always had them hanging from his belt- tapping against his knee with Max and Bryan providing the extra mixes and sounds.

"Rape my childhood memories,

Give me Care Bears and Smurfies.

Don't touch my Ghostbusters,

They give me a thrill

Disney is my one true love…

I like the feel of those sexy white gloves!

Run them over my body-take me while you can,

God please touch me Peter Pan"

Kai laughed slightly at the look on the presenter's faces, Tala quickened the rhythm for the chorus. When a certain cartoon was mentioned, Bryan and Max were sure to do the appropriate noises. Holding back more sniggers, Kai moved the mic close to the redhead so he could sing too.

"And they wonder why we're fucked in the head?

They wonder why I got up out of bed

On a Saturday

Cartoon day

Stay away

I don't want to go play-

I'm raping my childhood memories"

The music slowed back down and Tyson did the 'pitter-patter-bang' beat, even live Kai still sounded so damn good. Tala backing him up with his strong, smooth voice.

"Ninja turtles down and dirty

Sonic makes me want it faster

Ash Ketchum will you catch my poke-balls?

Nothing is as erotic as The Flintstones.

Give me Wallace and Gromit for a reaction

He-man pleasures me with his fuelled up action

I can say all this and more

But they make me want it 'till I'm sore"

"And they wonder why we're fucked in the head?

They wonder why I got up out of bed

On a Saturday

Cartoon day

Stay away

I don't want to go play-

I'm raping my childhood memories"

By now the audience was singing along to the chorus, releasing bouts of laughter and clapping in response to the song.

"The Warner Bros' came along

And gave me more porn for this song.

Bugs bunny and Daffy duck,

All equal into one good f—k.

The Powerpuff girls aren't that docile,

Damn those girls are really vocal.

Enough of this rhyming and singing songs,

I'll think I'll go find my little pony thongs"

"You know the next bit!" Kai yelled, jumping from his seat and walking to the crowd, holding the mic in the air as they sang the chorus loudly. The bluenette smirked; Edisu must be having a cardiac arrest backstage. He finished singing with them, people laughing along and cheering when the band took a bow.

"And that's all we have from Ineluctable Lies, they've been great, thanks for being here guys!" The band nodded back at the man and woman, waving to the crowd as they were counted down until a commercial. Tala placed the guitar back safely and shook hands with the presenters, like everyone else did and rushed backstage so he could freshen up before heading to the studio, then the photo shoot.

"What have I told you about that song?" Edisu roared in distress, the musicians ignored him, nodding and smiling at various people as they walked back to their changing rooms. Momiji was talking on the phone, thankfully too busy to give them a lecture. The manager was still going at it after the band had collected their belongings, placing their coats on and marched out, bodyguards leaping into action to flank their sides.

As soon as they stepped outside, camera's and an uproar of noise went off. They dispersed, signing items and talking idly to fans before taking photos and waving to them, climbing onto their bus. They always made time for their fans, even when they had to rush. Now, to catch those precious few moments of rest while they could.

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"No"

"But Sir, I really need to practice"

"No Kon, you're lucky I'm even giving you the day off to go to your stupid interview"

"I know, and I'm really thankful to you Sir. But hardly anyone is here, and it'd be a perfect opportunity for me to sing in front of people"

"Kon, get back to the kitchens and start delivering those damn dishes!"

"…Sir"

Rei sighed, rubbing his left arm as he watched his boss walk away, he didn't know whether to be angry or sad or be in plain disbelief. He grabbed the food on the waiting counter and set off to the correct table. He let out a relieved breath as he noticed a young woman with her friends; he didn't want a bunch of perverted men hanging around tonight. He had been told he had a feminine figure, but they were ridiculous. The neko-jin admitted he had curves, but not enough so people would call him a woman. He wasn't girly but he was beautiful, and if a male is considered beautiful then they can be sure to be called a girl at least once in their lives. Not that he knew that, he was too modest.

Placing the food down with a smile and a polite 'enjoy your meal' he stared forlornly at the stage; the person singing wasn't bad actually. It made a bloody change as well. Biting the inside of his cheek Rei dodged over people and workers to take orders; sometimes having to go onto the greeting podium and take change back and forth from the till. It was the same over and over until his body did things mechanically, raising the corner of his lips automatically, radiating courtesy.

"See ya' later Rei" One of his colleagues called, waving as they walked through the back doors five hours later. He nodded, pausing in his sweeping to brush hair from his tired sunny eyes.

He glanced around at the mess he had yet to clean up. His boss may have let him off for his interview, but in return he had to stay behind and clean the diner for when it opened again in a couple of hours. His limbs were aching and his feet were sore. Sitting on one of the comfy chairs, he leant forward to untie his shoelaces, kicking them off carelessly before he stared up at the dark ceiling. Mini lights had been placed up there so they'd give the impression of a starlit sky. Natural stars were hard to see in the city, with all the blasted light pollution and many a nights when he walked home he found himself wishing the electricity would go out, just so he could catch a glimpse of the heavens above.

It was a sort of comfort to him, back in his village the sky was encrusted with the sand crystals. Legends and myths would be passed under the night sky and it was one of the few dear memories he had of his childhood. He supposed he should write to his friends, but he hadn't in ages. What if they had forgotten about him? Did the elders still think him a fool for following such an impossible dream? Especially after all that horrible business he went through.

My god, how he wanted to hear those familiar, hardly traceable footsteps and the rustling of the long black coat he had come to see as a representation of his, dare he say it, partner. He wanted to see those designer glasses glinting in the sparse light as the pale man practically floated to him. Most of his life, Rei had felt lonely, now that he had a taste of someone being there he felt lonelier than ever when Kai was gone. The moments he was there were few and far between, short lived but always so comfortably similar. Just a few more days, the neko-jin told himself trying to sum up patience.

With a grumble, he pulled himself up and resumed sweeping, piling the dishes into the sink and cleaning them with the blast pipe. Wiping down tables and rearranging cutlery, napkins and menus. The spotlight on the stage was still on, catching his attention. Licking his dry lips, Rei wondered if he should try. As soon as he took a step towards it however, he took another one back, slipping on his shoes. Shaking his head to himself he zipped up his jacket, clocked out and locked the doors behind him, posting the keys back through the letterbox. He wasn't surprised to see the streets empty, there were one or two cars speeding down the road but there always was.

A puff of condensation emitted from the tanned youth's mouth as he jammed his hands into his pockets, hunching his shoulders so his neck wouldn't get the unpleasant harsh cold nipping at the skin and set off home. The tips of his ears were already pink and he paused fleetingly as he hoped he had left his window open so he could get into his apartment. It was past three in the morning so the landlord would have locked up by now, only from the inside of the building would he be able to get in. Finding the strength to carry on walking, even though his back and poor toes disagreed with it, he hurried to his apartment block. Skirting around to the side and jumping up onto a dumpster.

"That's gonna be real cold" He mumbled, staring wearily at the metal platform not far above his head. Jumping up, he gripped the edge and climbed up onto it. Moving carefully so he wouldn't make any noise, he went up the zigzagging stairs that ran outside the building, counting how many floors he was on until he reached the eighth.

He peered up at his window and smiled, he had left it open slightly, readying himself, he crouched down, standing on the handhold of the stairs and jumping up to catch his windowsill. Man, did he love being a neko-jin at times like these. Flinging the window up so he could fit through, he rolled in and landed on his feet. Grinning smugly, he shut the window after him and switched his light on.

Picking up Driger so he would get warmer sooner, he nuzzled the white material and smiled fondly at his answering machine, seeing a message there. He knew who it was from already and couldn't resist a chuckle, settling down on a stool as he pressed the 'play' button.

"You have one new message-Message one" The robotic female voice said, at the next voice, the Chinese boy beamed and shook his head, closing his eyes to rest his head on Driger, listening to the message.

"Hey Rei, on the tour bus again at 2: 58 in the morning. Guess you're out again, you better not be sleeping around. And yes, I know before you even say it." Rei closed his mouth after opening it to retort and carried on listening, the tell tale sounds of other cars and voices in the background while Kai's voice remained dominant over them "We just finished an in-in-interview" The baritone voice struggled around a yawn "And are now on the way to a studio. How're you doing, nervous about your own interview I guess, if you want any tips or help just phone me, 'right? Take some vitamins to keep your health up 'cause they might ask you to sing and a snuffled voice isn't something they want to hear. Not long until we come home, so I should be able to help you in person" There was some cheers in the background "See you soon. Take care, bye"

"Bye" Rei said sleepily, rubbing his eyes, he had just missed the call apparently and pouted slightly, puffing out his cheeks as he trudged to his bedroom and changed into pyjamas with penguins on them. He collapsed onto his bed, snuggling into it like it was Kai and falling asleep quickly with that pretence in mind.

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"Auuugggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

"Second on that"

"Agreed"

Ineluctable Lies were in the small, yet expensive looking lobby. There were only three chairs; Tala and Bryan were sitting on the chairs, next to each other, Tala was half asleep and his head was lolled onto the elder's shoulder. Bryan was resting his head on his hand and looked half dead himself, trying his best to ignore Tala's comfortable weight. Kai was in the chair next to them that was facing the door; his head was simply lying back on the support of the seat. Tyson laid along the floor by Tala and Bryan, the redhead's feet resting on the Japanese's knees. Max was sitting on the floor, leaning against Kai's legs, his own legs were flung out to the side and Tyson's head laid on them. They were all jumbled and mixed together and planned to stay like that until they found the willpower to move.

Just then a flash went off and they all blinked, looking in the doorway to find their manager, producer and a woman with a camera in her hands-the photographer. She had a healthy plump face with Native American coloured skin and features. Sinead Barker, a woman in her early thirties with black eyes, with streaks of cocoa brown in them and her hair was a very dark brown coloured bob cut. She was the only photographer with a family business. Her stepfather, called Wolf, took pictures of wildlife in action. Wolf was actually his Christian name, and her mother Vicky took photo's of families, she had been partial to father and baby portraits due to Sinead's birth father abandoning them at a young age. Then there was her little sister, Hephzibah, devil in a costume of an angel.

The band smiled wearily and waved at her, she had worked with them many times before. "You guys tired I take it?"

"Augghhhhh"

"Second on that"

"Agreed"

Sinead clicked her tongue and encouraged them to get up "All my family are here today" She told them "Mam wants to see if you've been eating properly, Hepzi' is just bored and Wolf is home from injury"

"Serious?"

"To mam it is, you know what she's like" Sinead beckoned an assistant over and told them to get make up and wardrobe on the double. "Ok, won't be long, you guys go over there where there's coffee, believe me you need it and my guys are there too" She walked off then, shouting orders in her professional but still friendly way.

"Ya'll 'right mates?" Came a gruff voice, a man in early fifties –yet still looking as young as ever, with only slight wearies to show his aging- called to them, leaning back in a seat, with very tanned skin and shoulder length brown hair and left leg in a cast. Max sat beside him with Bryan and Tyson, immediately they delved into a story about hunting knife's and one blighter of a panther.

A woman, few years younger of Sinead, waved once to them before resuming her work of scrolling through some photos on a laptop. Tala stood over her and started teasing the older female, which she retorted to sharply. This family made work easy for them. Kai turned to the last woman sitting down, clad in thick clothes against the cold morning with a cup of coffee already held up for the bluenette. He sat beside her and she clucked in disagreement.

"You lot are being worked too much" Vicky said, "When was the last time you had a home cooked meal?"

"Ah…" He couldn't remember

"Remind me to smack your manager later then" She smiled, a silver tooth shining amongst the other pearly whites.

"Wow" The awed sound came from Wolf's group as he grinned at them. "Oh, do that trick with your cigarette, it's so cool"

"'Right, 'right, any thing for you youn' 'uns" He said, popping his lit cigarette onto his tongue and closing his mouth. The other's watched, holding their breath with childish curiosity. Pulling a face, the bronzed man placed two fingers into his ear and pulled out his cigarette, opening his mouth to show it was no longer there.

"Whee! That's so cool!" Tyson squealed.

Drinking his hot beverage whenever he had the chance, Kai looked in the mirror at his attire and nodded. Sinead narrowed her eyes as she looked over them.

"Not for the subway pictures" She said to the make up artist, asking if he should put Kai's triangles on or not "When we have the last couple of individual photo's then you can, make sure the blue is dark for god's sake. Tala you're fine, for some photo's you're hair is going to be straight though. Max, I have an idea for you. Tyson, just one picture with your hat off at the end, and Bryan" She sighed, "Bed head hair again?"

He nodded, absentmindedly touching his beanie hat. Their first sets of pictures were in a subway, with weeds and graffiti everywhere. When setting up the cameras and lighting, Kai took time to appreciate the graffiti. The law hated tagging, but some of it was real art. Random scrawling of names and cuss words were just some screwed version of fun but then you'd get ones that made his raise an eyebrow, impressed.

"Reminds you of the old days a bit, don't it?" A voice came up beside him. Tyson stared at the colourful words, eyes shimmering in the past memories. Most people would think his past was horrible if he used to go to places like that, but that's how he met Max, and he made some good friends in places like this and had more than a few laughs. "Come on bud', time to strike a pose" The blue haired man laughed, moving to where the rest of them were, pulling Kai along with him.

They never really posed in photos; Sinead preferred natural ones, where it looked like you had caught something special between the group of friends, such as Max yelling about something. Or Kai teasing the eldest two, then laughing when they reacted to his antics-blushing or shouting. They were told to forget about the camera but be conscious of it at the same time, yeah, they got confused at that too. About an hour and a half later they could move on to the next location.

After some time, they were called back to make up to have the added touches done. Tala's fiery hair was now whipping elegantly in shiny strands, Kai resisted the urge to scratch his face while the paint was drying, Tyson had to comb his hair and Bryan went through the torture of getting his hair sorted out (It was a long and painful ordeal). Max came back somehow looking older, hair in a side parting and more eyeliner had been added to make him look even darker. Tyson glanced at him and did a double take, mouth parted and eyes wide. Kai noticed Hephzibah grinning like a Cheshire cat alongside Tala.

"Told you" She said "Come on kid, pay up"

"Darn" Tala muttered, handing over money to her before she skipped away.

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Snooooorrrrghhhhh!

Fssstttt-gahhhh-Fsssssstttt-gaaaahh

"Mmm, damn roadie-teacup-mmm"

Kai placed the pillow further onto his head as his band mates slept rather noisily around him in the bunk area. It was small and cramped with two bunks on top of each other on one side of the narrow corridor and barely an arm's width away there were three others. Underneath him, Tyson slept and, just below his bunk, opposite him was Tala. He only had to raise his eyes slightly to see Bryan, who was lying on his back with his arms behind his head. The other three were making enough noise for an army but Bryan looked peaceful, Kai couldn't take it anymore. Tyson snored like a tank, Max done 'psst-gah' sounds from Mr. Black being so close as he slept and Tala spoke his dreams.

They were driving him insane!

Growling beneath his breath he turned onto his stomach, the only way he could sleep on the bus, and placed the pillow over his head again, kicking the mattress when he could still hear them. When Tala started describing how burgers are made, Kai flung his leg out and smacked him over the head. The redhead grabbed the offending foot and hugged it to his person, pulling it closer to him. The youngest Russian looked at Tala in a deadpan way, reminding himself to place a knife under his pillow in the future. Just then, the redhead had the audacity to roll closer to the wall and yank Kai over, pulling the dual hair off his bed into nothingness. It happened before Kai even had a chance to grab hold of anything or go 'Holy mother!' Closing his eyes for the pain, Kai rapidly began to feel gravity-defying. He was…floating…in mid-air…. crap.

"Be careful of Tala next time, eh?" Bryan sniggered, his voice groggy, having caught the singer and heaving the shorter one up onto more sturdy ground. Kai clutched his heart, staring down at the hard floor, he leant back and bumped his head against the wall with a small 'ouch' and brought his feet up onto the mattress. Bryan sat up for the poor thing to have more room and was strangely reminded of a slumber party. "You ok?"

"Just got scared half to death, that's all"

"What happens if you get scared half to death twice?"

"Death turns you away so she can be a bitch and kill you later"

"Aa. Why is death a female?"

"My life started because of a woman, it's gonna end by one to"

"Idiot. What you doin' up?"

"Just thinking" Was the singsong reply

Bryan grunted, scratching the back of his neck tiredly. He furrowed his eyebrows in tired disagreement or confusion, resting his head on one hand "Thinking about that guy?"

"Hn?"

"Wassis' name?"

Kai shrugged in reply.

"Roy or King Kong or buttsecks?"

"Rei?" Kai smirked

"Yeah that one. You are thinking about him again. Tala hasn't shut up about you being in love"

"Jealous?" Kai asked, smirking lightly.

Bryan pushed him playfully "Does Rei know about your past?"

"Hm"

"That means no. It's obvious Kai I know for a fact that you haven't told Red the whole picture. So tell me"

"Beg ya pardon?" The bluenette asked, convinced he had misunderstood.

"Tell me"

The younger blinked. Bryan was offering to listen to his love problems? Oh god, the apocalypse was coming! The world was turning to goo! His hair was falling out! Something must have provoked his sympathy to that degree.

"Wah?"

"Hiwatari" He growled

Kai shook his head, leaning forward "Did you just say-?"

"Yes! Yes I did! You must be murder to talk to."

"But since when do you-?"

"Kai…you know I actually…well I do…. well…. I care-lalala" Bryan muttered, looking up at the bus ceiling "Don't you dare ask what I said!" He added, glaring.

"Ah Bry', how sweet"

Bryan placed his hand over Kai's smirking mouth "I'll get Tyson to hug you, don't make me tell you again"

Kai sniggered "I'll shut up" He said quickly as Bryan went to call for the Japanese drummer.

"So, what's up?"

"Do you think he'd mind? Like, he won't be scared I'll do it to him?"

"Kai, trust me on this one. You're a fuckin' softie when it comes to seriously hurting people, unless you hate them"

"So are you"

"That's a secret, shut up!" Bryan hissed, mockingly looking around as though a news reporter was close by. "He won't care, if I'm wrong then you can…you can…hit Tyson and I won't tell you off"

"Jeez, thanks dad" The red-eyed male laughed, rolling his orbs.

Bryan lowered his eyes "Hey Kai?"

"Yeah?"

"What's it like?"

"What's, what like?"

"Being able to hold Rei"

Kai blinked, the bassist was avoiding eye contact and was inspecting his fingernails again. The dual hair knew he wasn't specifically asking about Rei, but about what it just felt like. He grinned "Unbelievable"

Bryan nodded, seemingly embarrassed for asking such a question. Kai reached out and patted Bryan's head, one of his traits for breaking a certain mood "What the-?"

"It'll work out Bry', you'll see" He yawned, jumping over to his bunk and climbing beneath the covers. The eldest nodded again, turning to face the wall so he could think. Before he closed his eyes, Kai glanced at Tala, smiling when he saw the blue eyes open and staring up at the bottom of Bryan's bed, the redhead deep in thought too.

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"Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, banana phone oooooo banana phooone"

"I'm gonna throw something at him now"

"Calm down"

"OOOOOO BANA-OW!"

"Kai, that wasn't nice"

"So?"

Tyson grumbled, rubbing his head from where Kai threw a spoon at him, he slid into the seat by the table and huffed. Kai glared at the bluenette because he had to waste a perfectly good spoon and had now lost it somewhere on the floor. Looking around the table he grinned and picked up the greatest utensil of all time. A spork.

"Are you seriously going to eat with that?"

"Ch'yah" Kai snorted as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. He would not let his ice cream go to waste! Ice cream for breakfast wasn't the healthiest thing in the world, but it was double Belgium chocolate chip with lumps of vanilla "Mmm!" He said loudly, overdoing it due to the Japanese not having any because Kai got the last of it "Oh so good!" Bryan rolled his eyes, tuning his bass and looking out of the window. Max sat beside Tyson, opposite the Russians with his head on the table. "Mmm!" Tyson bit his hand in order not to scream at the smirking evil in front of him.

Tala walked in, looking incongruously at Kai and stood before them all, clearing his throat "I have an announcement to make" He ran his eyes over all of them quickly before continuing "All my life I've always wanted someone special, someone who would love me as much as I loved them. Someone who won't objectify and label me"

Kai resisted looking at Bryan and saying 'I told you so!' Everyone had their gazes fixed on the redhead, he was hardly this serious. That same thoughtful aura that radiated off him last night had returned.

"So, I've decided to come out in the open and tell you all how I feel. I want someone to love and protect so I've concluded" He smiled "To get a pet!"

A what now?

"A pet?"

"Yeah!"

"But we're too busy to have any pets, how are you going to feed it, walk it, brush it, clean it and give it affection?" Max asked "Trust me I know how much time they take up" He looked briefly at Mr. Black.

"Max, he's a toy"

"Sleep with your eyes open tonight Hiwatari"

Well if that wasn't a threat…

"I already asked Ed and Momiji and they gave me the all clear, so we're stopping at a pet shop soon!"

Tyson, already accepting the fact that the guitarist wouldn't change his mind, turned to Kai's bowl and grinned, sniggering beneath his breath. Some ice cream was still there, delicately melting into a creamy fragility. Moving his hand very slowly across the table, he rose slightly off his chair and made a grab for it. Kai whacked the spork down onto his head.

"Ow!"

"Serves you right"

Yells, tantrums and a pit-stop later…

"Awww!"

"Cool snake"

"Lookie, Mr. Black, do you recognise anyone there?"

"Hey kitten"

"I don't know what to have!"

"Hello" Kai said, sitting on the floor peering at a kitten. Grabbing the end of his scarf, he dangled it in front of the curious face and smiled as the tabby started pouncing for it. Bryan was looking at a snake, raising an eyebrow, Max was over by the aquarium and Tyson was gushing over the bearded dragons. "How about a cat?"

"Nah, they smell"

"Snake?"

"I could make too many jokes from having one"

"Turtle?"

"Hell no"

"Bearded dragon?"

"A reptile with facial hair? I don't think so," Tala snorted. Just then a balding man with laughing eyes stepped up.

"Can I help you?" He too had blue eyes that shone like he was still a schoolboy despite the slight wrinkles and greying hair, Tala smiled, he immediately trusted anyone with blue eyes, something about a secret cult…

"Yeah, I'm looking for a pet. Something that won't poison me, won't take up too much of my time and is easy to clean and look after"

"I have just the thing, this way"

Tala beamed, nodding at the others before following him. The man pointed to a series of hutches on top of each other. The redhead blinked at the scuffles and noises inside before he peered in and- "Oh my Russian socks!"

"Do you want to hold one?"

"Yes! Hold on" He looked through all of the hutches and found a set of eyes blinking up at him, his heart melted into a big mushy puddle "That one"

The man nodded, unlocked the hutch and chasing his hands after the running creature before placing it to his chest and handing it to the redhead.

"What're they called?"

"Guinea pigs or Cavies"

"He's so cute" He held the nervous bundle closely, pure white fur and red eyes, an albino shorthair. "Guys, come here"

The rest of the band went to him and tilted their heads "I like it" Kai said "Red eyes"

Bryan nodded, stroking the guinea pig behind its small, floppy ear. It done a shivery sound and moved closer to the red head. "I'll take him! And a cage and food and bowls and a water bottle and toys and everything!"

"Now, Tala, first we have to know if you really can take care of it…him"

"Oh I will! I'll feed him and walk him and play with him everyday! Oh please, pllllleeeassse?"

"Fine, fine"

"What're you going to call him?"

"Um…squeaky puff" The guinea pig nuzzled his neck curiously "See, he likes it!"

"Squeaky puff?" Max snorted, bursting out laughing, "What kind of name is that?"

"Says the blonde who named his pink plushie Mr. Bl-"

"He's not pink"

"Is"

"Shut up" Bryan groaned, rubbing his head "Get the damn fluff ball and let's get going" Tala turned to the elder and beamed, rushing forward and lifted the small animal to look directly into the fresh green eyes. "Er?"

"What you think Squeaky Puff?"

The creature blinked up at the man, who returned the look, before chewing (Guinea pigs have a habit of looking like their chewing on something) and made a rumbling noise in a pleased way "Does it bite?"

"Cavies rarely bite, they like to be groomed and you can place them outside in the garden, with a protective covering and shaded area, so they can have exercise"

"See?" He's perfect!" Tala hugged Squeaky Puff softly "I have a baby"

"So can we finally go home now?"

"Yes! Squeaky you're going to love it there, you can have anything you want, and the garden is nice and big and you have lots of uncles to look after you too"

"Here" Kai said, graciously chucking a book on the counter along with the other things. "It'll stop you from killing it"

"I wouldn't do that"

"Isn't that what you said about bubbles, and bubbles 2 and bubbles 3 and…well you get the point"

"Bubbles 9 was not my fault! Someone tipped the bowl over!" The guitarist squawked, handing money over to the cashier and placing Squeaky Puff in a box with holes in it for air. "Come on then guys" He shouted, walking out leaving the others to drag the cage and bags with them.

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"Oh that looks great on you Sir!"

"I don't know" Rei murmured, turning around as he gazed at the floor length mirror. "It's too good for me"

"Oh, don't be silly, you look very handsome"

Rei blushed slightly, giving a soft smile before gently shaking his head "Is there something just a bit more casual?"

"Sure, I'll be right back"

The neko-jin sighed and sat on the nearby squishy chair, gazing at his reflection, bored and fed-up with shopping. The helpful assistant flounced off to inspect more outfits. Untying his shoes, he grinned thankfully as she came back and held out a new attire for him. Dawdling into the dressing room, he quickly changed and walked back out, smoothing his hair worriedly. The woman gasped slightly, eyes shining with satisfaction.

Placing himself before the mirror, he slowly lifted his gaze and felt his mouth drop open. Wow, he looked so…professional and successful, but most of all h-o-t. "Sir, you look amazing"

Smiling fully, he turned and cranked his neck to see the back of his clothes. Not too smart, not too casual but a perfect balance that complemented him greatly. "How much?"

She tugged at a few tags and told him; biting his bottom lip he thought it out. It wasn't as expensive as he thought, and he had been saving up to treat himself. Ah, why the hell not?

"Yeah, I'll take it"

Clapping her hands, the older woman beamed and waited for him to change so she could wrap the garments up. Feeling rather relived he had finally found the perfect outfit for his interview; Rei paid and grabbed the bag, holding the handle in a death grip. Blushing at the appreciative stares he got from people who had seen him in the new garb, the tanned youth started his walk back home. He didn't even pause at the bus stop, he hated buses, and he thought them a corruption in motor travelling. They were stuffy, crowded and filled with smells his sensitive nose couldn't take. And they were almost always filled with old people who'd glare at him for sitting down in a seat near the front, even though they had only popped out for a cup of tea while he had been working all night on his feet, and expected him to give his seat up. Or teenagers who made him uncomfortable, as the guys tried being macho or show off, some enquiring if he was a girl or not. The girls would just flirt tremendously, whispering rather loudly about how sexy he was and if he worked for a modelling company. No thank you, Rei Kon hated the gossip, which in his opinion was ridiculous.

So he walked, a car was out of the question, not only did he not know how to drive but also he couldn't afford one. Taxis were creepy, he had heard one too many stories about harassment. Bikes were too fiddly. All he was left with were his own two feet, and he was happy about it. When he finally got home, he kicked his shoes off and flung his coat and scarf onto an armchair, landing boneless onto his settee. Snuggling into Driger's fur, he yawned, curled his legs up and relaxed. A content look passed his face, a warm feeling settling in the pit of his stomach. Everything was great now, he had Kai, his dream job was beginning to work, he was fine with money and his portfolio was complete.

It was, for lack of a better word, nice. Everything was satisfying, even as he felt himself drift off to sleep, a smile still twitched and played on his lips.

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The neko-jin groaned, roused from his sleepy state when someone or something knocked the door. Stumbling up, he dodged his coffee table and a pillow that was on the floor for some reason, before drawing back the bolt on his door and swinging it open to be greeted by a drenched Kai. The Chinese raised an amused eyebrow at the sopping figure before him, who was stuck between annoyance and content, judging by the look on his face.

"Has it been raining?"

Kai gave him a sour look "No, Einstein, it's a fucking Sahara out there"

This only made Rei laugh more, placing a hand over his mouth as he allowed Kai access to his dwelling "Ok, happy-guts, hold on I'll get you a towel" Kai scowled even more at his nick name, sitting down, placing his jacket somewhere to dry and resisting shaking his head to get rid of the water on his hair, which after a few minutes would go ridiculously spiky instead of flat like it was now. "Oh, you're back!" Rei remembered, running back into the lounge and throwing his arms around the damp Russians neck.

Kai was startled out of his brooding and realised Rei was hugging him with an affectionate smile. Just as he was about to respond, the boy jumped back and scrunched up his face, picking at his wet shirt. Kai stifled a snigger and took a towel gratefully, wiping the water off of the younger before he started drying his hair. "Took you long enough to notice"

"Nyah" Rei poked his tongue out and pushed Kai off the couch with a soft thump; whilst the bluenette was bewildered Rei snatched the towel back and sat behind him-still on the sofa, drying Kai's hair himself since the singer was doing a half-assed job of it. The elder sighed and leant back, tilting his head until he was looking up at the sunny eyes, Rei's legs were either side of Kai's body "I've always wanted to ask, do you dye your hair?"

"No, it's all natural. Do you need proof?"

"How would you be able to prove-?" Rei trailed off when Kai smirked and blushed "I believe you"

"Hey" Kai beckoned Rei to lean down, lowering his voice so the neko-jin had no choice but to go closer. When there was a suitable lack of distance between them, Kai flashed a brief smile, placing his spare hand on the back of the tanned neck and planting an upside down kiss on the peach coloured lips. The corners of their mouths turned upwards through the sweet, short-lived embrace. They broke off and Rei concentrated on drying the darker section of the blue hair, unable to get the smile off his face.

Eventually, he threw the towel to the side; wrapped his arms around Kai's neck and nuzzled the hair with a slight purr, introducing a peck on a pale cheek. The bluenette felt a weird squiggle in his stomach and pulled the younger down to the floor. Just then he shot forward and excelled in tormenting the boy with tickles, his melodius laughter ringing throughout the apartment.

"I give, I give!" Rei gasped inbetween his chuckles, punching the bluenette's arm friendly and throwing the wet towel over Kai's face. He squeaked and leapt up, laughing again as Kai made a blind grope for him, his hands greeting nothing but thin air. Tearing the towel off his head, Kai sat on his knees and turned to where Rei was eyeing him caustiously, a true smile radiating on his face. "What?"

"Oh nothing" Kai said casually, turning his head "Just that-got you!" He lunged for the neko-jin while he was off guard, unfortunately for him, Rei has sharp reflexes.

"Haha! Pitiful fool, don't you know I'm unstoppable?" He puffed his chest out heroically, hands on hips.

"Only in your dreams"

Rei deflated "Hey!" He jumped back when Kai made for him again with a coy smile "You'll have to do better then that" After more leaps he bumped against the wall "Oh crap" He muttered, seeing Kai smirk predatorial and stalk closer. "Look, it's Sailor Moon!" He yelled, pointing in any direction as Kai once again went for him.

The Russian turned his head to look where Rei had directed and frowned, looking back Rei had taken his chance and escaped. Trying to turn, Kai tripped over his own feet and slipped on the mat. All equalling into him on his rear.

Rei stood over him and made a pose "In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!"

Kai pulled him down, making the 'sailor senshi' give a rather unelegant yell and land heavily next to his enemy. "What was that you were saying?"

"Oh shut up" Rei pouted, sitting up and leaning against the sofa with Kai. They glanced at each other and looked away, before shyly looking at each other again.

They stared at each other, the playful air turning to one more serious. His heart beat increasing and mouth going dry as Rei shifted closer. They both held their breath as they caught each other's gazes, electricity sparked with the briefest of touches. Tentatively, Kai semi-wrapped an arm around Rei's small waist, placing the other hand on the side of the bronzed face, running a thumb along the smooth, buttery skin. Long dark eyelashes contacted with the exploring thumb once in a while as Rei blinked, not looking away from the powerful ruby once. The moment finally came when Kai took the initiative and leant forward, closing the gap, softening eyes sliding shut as he touched upon another moment of bliss.

Rei immediately responded to the open mouth, opening his own, ready and filled with that sense of uncertainty that enthralled him once again. It was unlike the previous kisses, this one was soft and oh so slow, the type where there are many touches in one, where lips left each other but were always ghosting and grazing at the same time. Rei felt like he was being burnt at places on his body, nerves tingling dimly with anticipation, shivering and active. He moaned delicately, making Kai tighten his hold, rubbing with circular movements at the base of the Chinese male's back, slipping under his top to tease the newly exposed skin. Rei's nimble fingers entangled themselves in the dark hair, pressing his chest to the Russians, nibbling on Kai's lower lip before he was stopped by yet another kiss. Kai's tongue whispered against the neko-jin's, working his lips with the flushed pair, scraping, slowly endorsing ecstasy into both their bodies. Quickly returning after a breath of air at a different angle.

And it was still soft. It was still slow. It felt numb but alive, like how ice could be so cold, the mere touch of it would feel like fire. Kai's fingertips grazed the back of Rei's trousers, slipping beneath the elastic band only slightly, not wanting to scare Rei off. Their breath came out as short quaky, inaudible gasps, holding on to each other to hide the fact that they were starting to tremble. He trailed his kisses from the corner of Rei's mouth to his jawbone, smoothly working his way down the creamy neck. Pausing at intervals to nibble and summon courage to flick his tongue out to taste the honeyed skin. Rei didn't know whether to arch back or press closer, both sounded attractive, he was well aware of his small gasps and whimpers travelling through the air, and he was equally aware that Kai noticed them too. Something within the Russian snapped when his name was moaned, and he pulled the neko-jin towards him, sucking at the bronzed skin of the collarbone. He used his other hand to glide down the boy's neck to his chest, fumbling as the fingers started undoing the top buttons.

Rei wanted to do something too, so while Kai was busy with removing the unwanted artefact, he set himself the task of appreciating the bluenette's ear. Taking the lobe into his mouth to graze it with his teeth, treating the rest with his tongue and tender lips. Kai groaned, shivering as he attacked Rei's shoulder with more fierce strokes "Ah…" Rei moaned timidly in a whisper, his warm breath causing the hairs on the back of Kai's neck to rise "Oh god, Kai!" Growling faintly, the singer pushed the rest of the shirt off his neko-jin and moved down his chest, keeping his hand whispering past any inch of skin he could find, pulling him onto his lap. Biting gently on the dusty rose nubs and travelling his tongue over the tender goose bumps, Rei's hands gripped onto Kai's shirt, nails raking down the material. Another shiver sent the singer's lips to the crock of Rei's neck, breaking off he kissed apologetically at the skin, knowing it was going to result as a love bite. The ebony haired youth purred, responding happily as he attached his lips to the ivory skin, grazing it with his teeth and ran his hands down the strong back.

'I've really missed him' Kai thought, arching his head away for Rei to have more room, daring enough to let his hand go further under the waist band, while his other teased the neko-jin's thigh. The feeling that he thought he would never have again, returned ten-fold.

Kai looked up at the sunny depths to see them half lidded and glazed, staring off into some invisible world with a healthy blush adorning his cheeks. He smiled and drew himself back up for another deep, lengthy kiss. Rei laughed seductively, nuzzling the side of the pale face and resting his hands on Kai's chest. The laugh did nothing for Kai's self-control, the gorgeous musical sound vibrated through the room and the bluenette took hold of Rei's hand and pulled him to stand up. With their lips attached and grip tight on each other, they some how stumbled into the bedroom.

Rei kicked the door close behind him, his eyesight adjusting quickly to the new darkness. No sooner had the resounding 'click' echoed through the room, confirming that the door was closed, had Rei's body been pressed against it with an all too pleased Russian pressing up against him. Slowly, he became aware that his hands were pinned above his head, Kai supporting himself by his forearms and their noses touching ever so slightly in a desperate instant for oxygen to flow through their blood, being pounded strongly through them in lustful pleas. Kai's hands slipped away from Rei's, tracing down the tanned face to his hips, taking a hold of them with a fierce, possessive grip.

He turned around, making Rei walk backwards whilst tasting his mouth, to collapse on the bed. The bedsprings groaned beneath them, pushing them until an equal weight was settled between the two forces. Fire ripped through them, fingers tangled in wild hair, chests heaved with passion and each step they went deeper into the other being. The neko-jin felt he rather liked the feel of Kai's body on top of him, he felt safe and protected. It was intoxicating in the darkness, his other senses-touch, smell, hearing and taste-heightened, each sense lingering in the heated air. His touch was alive, blazing and uncontrollable. His sense of smell caught every cool, minted breath and kiss bestowed upon him. Equally the ragged intake of oxygen, and whispers and moans of the night filled his ears. But his taste, that was the dangerous one. The one that craved more. He snapped out of his thoughts when Kai's teeth grazed his ear, lapping at a sensitive spot behind it.

Rei brought one of his hands to tangle in the spiky locks, dragging Kai's lips to be acquainted with his. Never had he felt the intensity of the peculiar emotion more than he did now. He yanked viciously at the offending shirt, making Kai smirk against his lips, breaking away to tear it off before pressing back into the neko-jin. Kissing him with fervour, the white-hot throbbing strengthened with each touch, every whisper, and all the kisses they exchanged.

What had started as slow had become desperate. Rei's swollen lips parted as another whimper escaped him, head tilted back as Kai ravaged him. His eyes closed when he felt the familiar tongue appreciate his chest, pulling him closer and deeper. His tanned hands clashed against the ivory, as they admired and savoured the touch of any skin they could reach. Angling his head, Kai thrusted his tongue roughly in, slipping his hands under the waistband of those blasted trousers, grinning zestfully. The Chinese boy sighed disappointedly when the singer's body removed itself from his, only to groan when hips grinded against his. Steadily racking his shuddering form.

"K-kai" He managed to gasp out, his lover's arousal and his own making him become shy at the prospect of what was happening. Yet he couldn't stop it, couldn't refuse or deny them the right to carry on.

They needed to, to take that step and explore what was rightfully theirs. His body arched beneath the Russian, naturally responding and seeking the friction. With a growl, Kai leaned forward to suckle the soft, flushed skin, tugging down the ebony-haired youth's trousers and underwear. Rei kicked them away and reached down to unbuckle the elder's belt, almost breaking the button off in his haste. Sensing, but not caring, that his jeans were about to be torn, Kai unwillingly moved back and got rid of them. Eyes taking in the breathtaking sight of Rei blushing and panting whole-heartedly.

"Are you sure, we're not going too fast?" Kai asked, chest heaving as he controlled himself for the time being "Whatever you want Rei"

Shouldn't he be asking himself that? Not too long ago he thought they weren't ready for such intimacy. But then he was still scared, now he wasn't. His ex, well he could take a hike, because he didn't matter anymore. The bluenette had already lived in that shadow of doubt long enough, he didn't need it anymore, not only would it ruin his relationship with Rei but he'd be depressed. That was what was wrong with him before, he was stupid for blaming it on the neko-jin. And now he saw that. Nothing was certain, but that didn't mean he couldn't try. Perhaps some of Rei's optimism was rubbing off on him.

The neko-jin set his mouth in a straight line, tugging the bluenette into a fierce kiss before shoving him back "I want this as much as you do"

Kai nodded "Alright, as long as you're ok with this" Rei blushed, diverting his eyes and opening his mouth hesitantly.

"Please, don't let it hurt too much"

Ruby gaze softening, Kai reached forward and stroked Rei's cheek lovingly with a gentle smile "I promise" He sealed it with a lengthy kiss, wanting Rei to relax and enjoy the time with no fear.

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Their tired forms were jumbled under the bed sheets, stained and rumpled in some areas. Kai stared tiredly at the ceiling, a hint of smug pride mixing in with content and sleepiness in his grin. He concentrated on his respiration returning to normal, Rei snuggled up to his side, resting in his toned arms. He was head over heels, 'round the bend and over the bridge in love.

He hoped Rei wasn't in pain too much at first, he was an idiot for not foretelling it but the neko-jin had no lube handy. So he had to improvise and use what they had, to say the least. Through all the difficulties, one rowdy neighbour and the bed giving a threatening creek, it felt perfect. Never had he thought that he would feel like this since his ex-lover, actually he hadn't even felt like this when with him. But something about Rei infatuated him to no ends; he'd be the first to say the boy had some special quality. Something no other being had, but he couldn't put his finger on it. So he decided to just think of Rei as special and leave it at that.

"…I love you…" Kai blinked, wondering if he heard right. He figured he must've been hearing things as he saw Rei seemingly sleeping, curled up beside him.

Yeah, that's it he was just hearing things.

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"Kai, where are you taking me?" Rei yawned, balling his fist to rub his eyes

"Just see where we end up, it's better that way"

"Not very organised are you?" Rei snorted, placing his coat on and wrapping his scarf around his neck.

"Like I said, it's better to be that way. It means things are more sudden and surprising" Kai said, quickly pulling Rei to himself "Like that" He sniggered at the shocked face and traced a finger along Rei's jaw, flitting it over the peachy lips and running his thumb along the fuller bottom lip.

The younger placed his hands against Kai's chest, face growing redder by the second, remembering last night but not complaining one bit. Kai placed his hand atop of the ebony head and ruffled it, grinning.

Pouting, Rei stepped back 'Mood breaker' he thought bitterly. Kai was still grinning arrogantly, taking Rei by the hand and pulling him out of the apartment. He only just had time to lock the door before being dragged along. Rei had to quickly walk down the stairs to keep up, effectively tripping on the last step. Kai turned around and caught him deftly, that was his plan all along.

"You seem to like being pressed against me"

"You made me fall!"

"Head over heels in love?"

"No, more like ass over tit"

Kai laughed "Well, I don't want you to injure yourself" The bluenette flashed a smirk before picking Rei up, hands beneath the thighs and arm wound around the lithe waist.

"Oh lord" Rei buried his face into Kai's jacket when he noticed his neighbour gawping at them, hitting Kai's chest he glared slightly up at the laughing red eyes "You just enjoy seeing me embarrassed don't you?"

"Tch, no" He said in a completely unconvincing voice.

"Tch, yeah"

"I'm hurt, such little faith" Rei frowned at the look of mock sadness and sighed, kissing him shortly. Kai beamed and nodded complacently "Works every time"

"Wait, are we going on the bike?" He asked worryingly

"No, we're going on the elephant"

Rei sighed. Kai settled him back on the floor and chucked him a helmet, swinging a leg over the bike and placing sunglasses on. The neko-jin sent a warning glance to the machine and sat behind the singer, winding his arms around Kai's waist and resting his head on the jacket covered back. "Can you not scare me this time?"

"Depends on how good you are"

"What's your definition of good?"

"Oh you know, behaving politely, helping oldies cross the road, giving an apple to your teacher and moaning my name loudly" With that he roared the engine into life and sped off before Rei had a chance to say anything.

"Eeee!" Rei yelled as Kai jerked to the left to dodge a car, the bluenette silently muttered an 'ouch' from Rei's death grip and looked quickly over his shoulder.

"What's wrong?"

"I knew I shouldn't have got on this contraption with you!"

"Don't see why" The Russian said, before a hint of wickedness flashed though his eyes and he swung the motorcycle around suddenly to speed down an alleyway. He wasn't even sure if Rei was breathing at that moment, the raven head was buried into his jacket, eyes squeezed shut and teeth grit together. Then he decided to be really evil as he gasped dramatically.

Rei looked up and didn't know whether to gasp or scream his head off as they got closer and closer to the brick wall, his knuckles had turned white from his grip and he ducked his head not wanting to see his impending doom. Kai sniggered and once again manoeuvred the motorcycle, becoming inches from the ground as he did so and rounded the next lane, ripping through a labyrinth of alleyways and paths until finally, they were out in the open on a clear road.

"Well" He said casually "That was fun"

"I'm going to kill you!" Seems as though his companion didn't agree.

"Calm down" Kai winced "I wouldn't let you get hurt"

"I don't care Hiwatari! You just shortened my life by 50 years! I am going to kill you once we get off!"

"Oh come on" Kai moaned, trying not to laugh "I wouldn't put you in a situation where you could get killed"

"You just did!"

"No, I knew what I was doing"

"Oh so you almost killed me on purpose?"

Oh crap, he really wasn't saying the right things today "No, if you died I would kill myself straight after" Maybe that would work.

"That's kind of creepy" Rei joked.

Or maybe not "True, I'd just eat a lot of ice cream and get fat"

"That's creepier"

"Fine, I'd become a camel" Where the hell had that come from? "I mean…oh, look a car"

Rei sighed. He seemed to be doing a lot of that lately.

"Cars are quite fast," Kai said wisely, wanting to move further away from the previous conversation "I drove a car before, ran over a cat I think"

"How could you?" Rei was a neko-jin remember, dumb bluenette.

"I meant a rabbit!" The elder cringed.

"Poor bunny"

"An acorn dammit, it was an acorn!"

"I like acorns"

"…" That's it Kai, just shut up. "Ok, we're here"

"Where exactly is here?"

"Here is here" Kai finally got out of his vice grip and walked over to stand in front of large oak doors with his arms spread wide. For the first time, Rei looked around and felt himself becoming smaller with each glance. Everything was so big. "Me and the guys house"

Rei looked at him startled and immediately started fussing with his appearance, smoothing his hair and top, wringing his hands nervously. Kai cocked an eyebrow, clearly confused and sat on the bottom step to stare at his partner with an 'are you done yet?' expression. After about five minutes of watching the Chinese boy check himself over seven times, Kai stood and grabbed his tanned hand dragging him into the grey stone mansion (but they just called it a house).

"No, Kai!" He squeaked, wriggling as the other opened the doors and stepped into the large entrance hall "I look horrible"

"You look fine"

"Just fine?"

"You look like a sex god, better?"

"No!"

Kai placed his hands on Rei's shoulders with a small smile and shook his head, tapping his nose with each word "You. Look. Gorgeous" In his opinion Rei always looked great, even if he looked tired and anxious, hair still slightly windswept "Besides, you'd look better than these lot no matter"

Rei smiled gratefully up at him and nodded softly. Kai smiled back and leant down to give Rei what he wanted, encouraging Rei to open his mouth, slipping his tongue in and swirling around the warmth that timidly moved against it.

"Now come on!"

"But-"

"I'm home!"

"Hey bud'" Tyson greeted first, waving absentmindedly before doing a double take "Whose the dude?" Rei nervously flattened his hair again.

"Oh him?"

'Thanks Kai' The Chinese thought sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"That's Rei"

"Twap! No joke?" The drummer grinned and circled the older man, hand on his chin, he poked the neko-jin's arm and nodded slowly "Hmm" With that he ventured into the living room with the singer and poor writer following behind. "Guys, Kai's butt buddy is here"

Rei flushed red and mentally cringed as three other sets of eyes turned to land on him. The next thing he knew someone was sitting on him, having landed on the floor "Kitten! Oh hello darling, you know I'm so glad you and my Kai finally got together! What shampoo do you use? Oh, you have to see my Squeaky Puff! Well, be nice you lot, no doubt Rei feels weird being in a new place with so many different people who are famous and have so many hit singles and awards, like our song, '360' did you know-?"

"Tala shut it"

The redhead stuck out his bottom lip but got off Rei-with some help off an exasperated, and more than slightly jealous-I mean protective, Kai-and brushed his trousers before crossing his arms "I'm Tala, as you know, that there is Tyson, blondie is Max and Bryan is that one."

The other musicians nodded as they were introduced and all had the same sceptical look in their eyes but looked friendly enough. Kai pulled the neko-jin up and sighed, "Are you lot done with your inspection now?"

'Inspection?' Rei tightened his grip on the fair hand holding his own. Kai got the message and looked impatiently at the rest who were huddled together whispering.

"Ok, we'll call you two lovebirds when dinner's ready" Tala proposed, ushering them out of the back door to the larger garden and closing the door on them before Kai even had a chance to object. "Ok, time to start plotting"

"As you can tell they have problems"

"Oh it's ok, they all seem very nice"

Kai snorted but kept his sarcasm to himself. "But I'm sorry that you felt uncomfortable" He said, trying to keep his voice indifferent and failing miserably.

"Don't worry, you should be more sorry for waking me up than anything else" Rei pouted, he was so comfy too until he was awakened.

"For that I'm not sorry" Kai smirked, stopping at the picnic bench and sitting down as Rei sat on the table part. "Were you having an interesting dream?"

"I" He paused "Not really"

Kai adopted a satanic grin "Did you dream of me? I don't mind, you can if you want to" He added, 'walking' two fingers up Rei's leg and tapping his knee with the same evil glint in his eyes.

Rei stuck out his bottom lip, ignoring the red shade on his cheeks and poked his tongue out childishly "Be nice"

"I always am" He protested "To you at least"

"You have a twisted version of nice, my friend"

"I think it's safe to say we're more than friends, Rei" Kai informed the younger. The ebony haired boy snorted and leant forward so his forehead rested against Kai's.

"Tell me about yourself"

"What?"

"I don't know as much about you as I would like, so tell me"

"Uh, what do you want to know?"

"Tell…me…about…how you met the guys?"

"Oh…Ok. I knew Tala from my childhood. My family used to visit the orphanage he was at because the Hiwatari's part owned it. Something about using our money for the good of Russia, or crap like that. Then I made friends with him and we couldn't be separated. When we got older, I helped him with jobs once he left the orphanage and we tracked down his parents together. They're dead, but his father was well off so he had enough financial stability to live healthily, his mother died just before we found out who they were. He was the only one there when my parents went, you see my grandfather isn't very…how can I put this…mentally stable. He started making plans for ruling the world and stuff" He smirked "It was quite sad seeing him like that, he started to hate me-it wasn't his fault though, so Tala offered me a place to crash until Grandfather's medication was effective"

"I'm sorry, is he better now?"

"He's in a home, he thinks Grandma is still alive, I go to see him when I can but it takes a lot out of me" He sighed, playing with the end of Rei's ponytail as a way to divert himself from the sensitive subject "He started calling me Susumu last time. My father's name" He explained, seeing the confused glance.

"That must be hard"

Kai laughed slightly, trying to lighten the mood "Well, I do look like my father so I can't really blame him. Only my mother's hair was the darker blue, and I have her eye shape but that's about it, everything else is off my father. Anyway, Tala moved here and I got my own house, yadda yadda, eventually came here to sing, got an interview with the band, the end"

Rei had the distinct feeling Kai missed something out and was not telling him the whole story but decided to leave it "Then you met me!"

"Then I met you" The singer grinned "Now, tell me about you"

"Well I moved here a couple of years ago from China. My village was a close-knit community but was old-fashioned. A thing like singing professionally was out of the question. My goal for life was to marry, have babies and become a good hunter" Rei scrunched up his face in distaste "Only jobs like a teacher or doctor were allowed to be followed and you'd have to go back after collage to be the village doctor or whatever. So I packed up, got disowned and left"

"How come no one else had done that before you?"

"Because, we knew nothing of the outside. It was scary, plus most didn't want to leave their family or friends they were so fiercely loyal to. I had nothing to keep me there. I wanted a new beginning. My arranged marriage was to one of my closest friends but" Rei broke off with a fond laugh "She was a closet lesbian"

Kai smirked and shook is head "Is there something in the water where you lived?"

"Heh, well Mariah told me she was too good for a man to have. She wanted to do the same as I did and leave but her brother frowned upon it. I haven't written to them in ages so I don't know what's going on"

"Well, we have to make sure Rei is right for him" Tyson said, crossing his arms.

"Yeah, but how do we get Kai away for a few…say, hours?"

"Push him down a well?"

"No Max we still want him to be alive"

"Lock him in his room?"

"He'll climb down the balcony"

"We'll have to send him somewhere, pretend Edisu called for him to go to the studio?"

"Wouldn't he just take Rei home then?"

"I know, we'll make Kai stay here and take Rei with us!"

They looked at each other before nodding "Seems like a plan"

"Have you been taking vitamins for your health?" Kai drawled, drawing lazy patterns on his lover's leg, a nod told him yes "Sing"

Rei froze, tensing up and looking anywhere that wasn't Kai "Y-you have a very nice place"

"Rei, sing for me"

"No"

"Why?"

He puffed his cheeks out and folded his arms "I don't want to"

"Listen Rei, this isn't The Little Mermaid. So if you're afraid of some fat purple squid with terrible lipstick stealing your voice away in a seashell, it's ok"

"Don't. Be. Sarcastic" The younger poked Kai's chest with every sentence. His wrists were caught in a strong hold suddenly and Kai gazed at him determinedly. "Please…"

Weakening slightly at the pleading voice, the dual hair pulled the neko-jin onto his lap and circled his arms around him "Why are you afraid of singing in front of anyone Rei?"

The golden orbs were stubbornly avoiding the red eyes "I can't sing in front of people"

"I think we've elaborated that"

"No, I mean I can't sing well. I just freeze and see all those sneering faces. I don't even want to be a singer, I want to write songs!"

"Well I think you have a beautiful voice" Kai smiled lazily, brushing Rei's hair back. "I heard you singing this morning," He explained catching the furtive look directed his way. "It's only me here, no one else"

"No"

"Ok" He gave in for the time being.

"KAI!" A voice bellowed, "Phone!"

The bluenette looked to his companion who nodded and climbed off, then half walked, half jogged to the house with him. Looking around for the phone, Tyson pointed to the ceiling to explain it was upstairs. Kissing Rei's cheek quickly, he ran up the stairs so he would be able to get back to him quicker. He knew Rei wasn't that comfortable there without him. Heck, he wasn't comfortable when Kai was with him in the house. The remaining four members of the band looked at each other before turning to Rei, who was standing there not knowing what to do, and leapt on him. Bryan held his arms behind his back in a firm grip that was almost painful, Tyson had covered his mouth and Max scouted ahead.

Seeing the petrified look, Tala smiled soothingly "It's ok Rei. We're taking you somewhere" That helped in only making Rei even more scared. As he was marched through the front doors, he sent a desperate look up the stairs, praying mentally that Kai would suddenly appear in shining armour. He wriggled but Bryan just held tighter, hissing threateningly. Rei glared angrily at the platinum haired man but was shoved carelessly into a car.

Kai frowned at the dead tone on the phone, with a confused glance he set it down and went back down to the lounge, hand ruffling his hair in his perplexed state. Looking up he closed his mouth and peered around the room, making his way to the kitchen. "Guys?" Seeing it as equally empty, a bright red envelope on the bulletin board with his name printed on it caught his attention. With a suspicious grunt he ripped it open to find a letter with Tala's curly writing on it.

Dear Kai. Don't be too mad but we stole your cute boyfriend and locked you in the house so you won't come after us. Kiss, kiss- Tala.

A low, animalistic growl rumbled in his throat, scrunching the letter in his hand, glaring at the wall opposite. His voice came out dark and demonic "Tala"

Far away, the redhead shivered violently and looked around at his band mates and hostage "Why do I feel like I'm about to die?"


Insanewelshangel: I can't believe how close I came to writing Kai/Rei lime/lemon/onion whatever X3. Yep I stuck ol' grandpa Hiwatari in a nursing home, I don't want him to be an abuser or evil man in this story. And please ignore the buggers that slipped through my hawk like (yeah right) eyesight, typo's just tend to molest my writings.

Phew, well how's that for an update? Kai and Rei get it on, a cigarette was passed through ears, Bryan and Tala take a step closer to getting balls enough to admit undying love, Tala gets a pet and Rei was kidnapped. Oh and before I forget, also made Mariah into a lesbian. (is proud)

Review, please, I'm a review whore! XD Thank you.